The Spanish soccer team has closed the UEFA Nations Leagueand with a victory against Switzerland (3-2) in Tenerife, a result that allows them to reach the quarterfinals of the tournament as first in the group, and allows them to close 2024 to mark crowned by the fourth European Championship won in Germany last summer.
Heliodoro Rodríguez López’s party ended in the way the fans dreamed of after the Swiss managed to tie on two occasions, first with the goal of Joel Monteiro who leveled Yeremi Pino’s initial goaland Zequiri’s penalty in the 85th minute that deactivated Bryan Gil’s, and which Bryan Zaragoza was in charge of closing with a penalty goal in injury time.
The silence of respect for the DANA victims in the Valencian Community turned into a constant harangue from the Heliodoro Rodríguez López de Tenerife stands towards the Spanish team in general, and in particular about Pedri and Yeremi Pino, the two canaries in Luis de la Fuente’s starting eleven, in a match that served, above all, as a showcase for the return of Oscar Mingueza to the absolute and the debut of Aitor Paredes, Samu Omorodion and Pablo Barrios.
It was precisely the Barça footballer who left his seal on the first play of a match that initially showed the superiority of the European champions against a Switzerland with many new features in its last match in League A of the Nations League after confirming its relegation to B after adding only two points.
Morata and the Canarian connection
The siege of Spain found its first big opportunity with a long-range shot from Grimaldo in the 23rd minute that Yvon Mvogo sent for a corner; Nico Williams and Nico Williams had tried it before. Álvaro Morata, who scored his 38th goal with the national elastic, and caused the penaltyi that gave rise to the first goal of the game, orbra de Yeremi Pino in the 32nd minute after Pedri’s failed shot.
Spain – Switzerland | Pedri missed the penalty, but Yéremi scored from a rebound: the goal that the Canarian fans wanted
A spectacular hat from Álvaro Morata landed the captain on the ground after a tackle by Ricardo Rodríguez, and when the AC Milan striker He was preparing to equal Fernando Torres as the third top scorer of the National TeamHeliodoro asked by popular acclaim that Pedri do it, to whom Mvogo guessed the intentions, and after a shot by Nico Williams that Freuler repelled, Villarreal’s Canarian striker was right to put Spain ahead (1-0).
The Young Boys footballer Joel Monteiro cooled the atmosphere in Tenerife with the tying goal in the 62nd minute (1-1) after a spectacular personal play in which he got rid of Paredes and Grimaldo to beat Robert Sánchez, a joy that lasted just seven minutes for the Swiss, which took Bryan Gil to return victory to Spain after taking advantage of a mistake by the Swiss defense (2-1).
And when the stands were already celebrating the ‘La Roja’ party at the Helidoro Rodríguez López, a knockdown by Fabián Ruiz on Vincente Sierro inside the area, which Andi Zaqiri was in charge of converting into the tying goal five minutes from time (2 -2), but Bryan Zaragoza definitively unevented the clash by converting a penalty committed on himself in injury time.
End to a dream 2024 for the Spanish team and an epilogue full of emotion, in the stands and on the grass, with up to three penalties that certify a victory at the level of a team that reaches the quarterfinals of the UEFA Nations League as the team with the most points among the top eight.
Spain will meet its rival in the draw that will be held next Friday, November 22, and will meet with Italy, Croatia or the Netherlands.
